Alexander Bublik is 3 wins away to conquer the title in Doha. Bublik has defeated Marton Fucsovics 2-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the quarter where he will face Alexei Popyrin.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Alexander Bublik’s projected draw together withhispresumable opponents in Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Alexander has a unfavourable record (2-7) against the plausible opponents.

R1 – Bye
R2 – Marton Fucsovics (80) – 2-6 6-3 6-4
1/4 – Alexei Popyrin (46) – H2H 0-2
1/2 – Karen Khachanov (17) – H2H 0-1
or Emil Ruusuvuori (43) – H2H 1-3
Fin – Andrey Rublev (5) – H2H 2-4
or Ugo Humbert (18) – H2H 0-0
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Draw

1/4 – Alexei Popyrin’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-0 for Alexei Popyrin

30 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
24
High
19
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-22 17-8 4-8 4-3 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1
2019 37-32 18-17 7-7 6-5 6-3 0-0
2018 46-26 20-10 15-10 11-6 0-0 0-0
2017 35-21 22-10 13-9 0-2 0-0 0-0

Alexei Popyrin has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, he played all matches on hard. In the course of the last 9 years, Alexei has a 123-93 record on hard (Click here to see full career record).

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open Popyrin didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Alexander Bublik vs. Alexei Popyrin

This match would represent the 3rd time that Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-0

for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

1/2 – Karen Khachanov’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Karen Khachanov

37 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
19
High
8
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-22 14-12 8-4 14-3 1-3 0-0
2023 34-18 18-10 10-5 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 36-25 17-11 9-7 6-5 4-2 0-0
2021 35-24 17-9 5-6 8-6 5-3 0-0
2020 20-15 12-6 4-3 4-6 0-0 0-0
2019 30-29 13-11 7-6 6-9 4-3 0-0
2018 46-22 15-11 6-5 20-4 5-2 0-0
2017 28-32 8-13 14-9 1-8 5-2 0-0

Karen Khachanov has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard. In connection to the previous 13 years, Khachanov has a 154-95 record on hard (Click here

to see full career record).

Karen’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal Marseille.

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open the Russian didn’t take part in this event.

H2H Alexander Bublik vs. Karen Khachanov

This contest would be 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Karen Khachanov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Yet, Alexander Bublik may square off with Emil Ruusuvuori. Their H2H is 3-1 for Emil Ruusuvuori.

Final – Andrey Rublev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-2 for Andrey Rublev

43 - 26win/loss in 2025

Rank
8
High
5
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-26 26-11 11-6 6-7 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0
2020 41-10 17-4 10-2 14-4 0-0 0-0
2019 54-27 28-14 8-5 16-5 2-3 0-0
2018 21-24 10-12 2-3 9-9 0-0 0-0
2017 48-33 19-11 11-11 12-9 6-2 0-0

Andrey Rublev has a 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-1 on hard. Regarding the last 12 years, the Russian has a 174-87 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 8 of his last 10 matches.

His best result of the season was winning the competition in Hong Kong where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.

Last year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open the Russian surrendered to Jiri Lehecka in the quarter 4-6 6-4 6-3.

H2H Alexander Bublik vs. Andrey Rublev

This would be the 7th time that Alexander Bublik and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard in major tournaments.

However, Alexander Bublik could square off with Ugo Humbert. Their H2H record is 0-0.